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This study aims to review the views of Muftis on the practice of smoking. It will focus on determining the existing ethico-legal discourse of Muslim jurists along a spectrum of Islamic moral status of actions and will look at how their Fatwās impact the physical, social and psychological well-being of the individual and society.

Specifically, the objectives are:

To collect a sample of Fatwās on tobacco smoking from e-Fatwā websites

To collect a sample of Fatwās on tobacco smoking issued by the Islamic medical associations of the 57 member countries of OIC

To review these Fatwās

To understand the impact of drug abuse and smoking on the physical, psychological and social well-being of the individual and society

To understand existing scales used to classify the harm of smoking and drugs

To identify views specifically around the smoking of tobacco and shisha, and the consumption of khat, as well as amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids

To present views of Muslim jurists around contemporary cessation techniques for addicts

To outline the legal and philosophical differences, if any, between the use of hard drugs for recreational purposes and medicinal purposes

To evaluate the quality of the arguments and identify weaknesses in need of further contextualisation or development To identify gaps in the literature in need of further research

While a review of the physical, social and psychological impact of smoking and hard drugs on the individual and society and existing classification techniques is beyond the scope of this review , a brief overview in the way we have outlined above will help the collaborative team better situate the reasoning employed by legal jurists.

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